Basic tutorial

This tutorial presents two XML files and the results of the comparison with very simple Rules configurations.

Files to compare

The left file^[1]

See xmlLeft1.xml

:

   <theRoot>
      <child name="Paul">
         <child2 name="John"/>
         <child1 name="Rick" />
      </child> 
   </theRoot>

The right file^[2]

See xmlRight1.xml

:

   <theRoot>
      <child name="Paul">
         <child1 name="Rick" />
         <child2 name="John" value="foo"/>
         <child3/>
      </child> 
   </theRoot>

Default comparison

The default comparison between the XML files will present the following result:

Comparison with not significant order

The following Rules configuration specify that^[3]

See rulesNotSignificantOrder.xml

:

• The nodes which have the same node name represent the same node
• The ordering of nodes is not significant

   <nodeRules defaultComparisonMode="SameNodeName" orderIsSignificant="false">
   </nodeRules>

The comparison will present the following result:

Exclude an attribute

The following Rules configuration specify that the "value" attribute is excluded from the comparison^[4]

See rulesExcludeattr.xml

:

   <nodeRules defaultComparisonMode="SameNodeName" orderIsSignificant="false">
      <defaultRule>
         <excludeAttributes>
            <attribute name="value" />
         </excludeAttributes>
      </defaultRule>
   </nodeRules>

The comparison will present the following result: